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Craig Earl
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| Posted: 30 May 2020 at 10:33am | IP Logged | 1
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This has been bugging me for a while but I seem to be hearing it more often lately; the infuriating but often entertaining misuse of the word 'literally'.
Recent Favourites have been:
1) 'Every time I tried wearing high heels I ended up literally breaking my ankle' 2) 'I'm literally on cloud 9, I mean literally over the moon' 3) 'Arsenal just didn't turn up in the final against Chelsea; they literally didn't turn up.' 4) 'I was literally frightened to death'
Edited by Craig Earl on 30 May 2020 at 10:34am
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 30 May 2020 at 10:46am | IP Logged | 2
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Apparently, the Keepers of Proper English have given up on this one. For several years, now, it has been acceptable to use “literally” interchangeably with “figuratively”. I still refuse to do it, tho, unless I’m impersonating Chris Traeger.
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Brian Miller
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Literally one of my pet peeves, as well.
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Craig Earl
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| Posted: 30 May 2020 at 12:07pm | IP Logged | 4
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Literally one of my pet peeves, as well.
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Along with 'should of' instead of 'should have' and 'your' instead of 'you're'
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Shaun Barry
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"I still refuse to do it, tho, unless I’m impersonating Chris Traeger."
And even then, it should be pronounced "LIT-trelly."
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Doug Centers
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The overuse of any word really gets my goat (not goad!), the misuse of an overly used word is a double whammy to my brain!
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Sergio Saavedra
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| Posted: 30 May 2020 at 2:03pm | IP Logged | 7
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I wonder what that people say when they really mean "literally".
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James Woodcock
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| Posted: 30 May 2020 at 2:43pm | IP Logged | 8
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'your' instead of 'you're'
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In speech, is there a difference here? Depending on
accent, I would say not
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Mitch Denoyer
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I hate that “unique” has been shifting from “one of a kind” to “unusual.”
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James Woodcock
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| Posted: 30 May 2020 at 4:24pm | IP Logged | 10
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I wonder what that people say when they really mean
"literally".
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I mean, don't they literally say, literally? :-)
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Peter Martin
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| Posted: 30 May 2020 at 4:36pm | IP Logged | 11
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I hate that “unique” has been shifting from “one of a kind” to “unusual.”---------------------------------- ...and often gaining, accordingly, the modifier 'very' or 'extremely', which makes no sense for an absolute such as unique.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 30 May 2020 at 4:57pm | IP Logged | 12
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I hate that “hate” has been so diluted.
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